Mûr-de-Bretagne


Mûr-de-Bretagne is a town and former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune was merged into the new commune Guerlédan.

Geography

Mûr-de-Bretagne is a small town with shops, located east of the Lac de Guerlédan.

Toponymy

The old forms of the name are: Mur, Mur, Mur, Mur, Meur.
The name of the commune translated into Breton is Mur.

History

Transportation

The town was previously served by a train station. The line on which it was on is now a cycleway

Politics and administration


StartEndNamePartyOther details
18091815Guillaume Michel Fraboullet
......Raymond Hinault
June 19952008Alain AuffretIndependentFarmer
March 2008...Georges TillyIndependentRetired, President of the CC
2014In progressHervé Le LuIndependentArt director

Demographics

In 2016, the municipality had 2,173 inhabitants.This population accounts for the former commune. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses carried out in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, communes with less 10,000 population have real censuses held every five years, unlike other municipalities that have a sample survey each year.
The inhabitants of Mûr-de-Bretagne are known in French as mûrois.

Local culture and heritage

Places and monuments

Mûr was the end of the fourth stage of the 2011 Tour de France; Cadel Evans won the stage in 2011 and went on to win the Tour. Mûr hosted the finish of the eighth stage of the 2015 Tour de France. Alexis Vuillermoz took the win. On 17 October 2017, it was announced it would be the finish line for the 6th stage of the 2018 Tour de France on 12 July 2018. Irish cyclist Dan Martin from took the stage.

Heraldry